Welcome! W elcome to your Winter Wonderland Date Night In! For so many of us the holidays are a wonderful time but can get a bit busy or stressful at times. The goal of our date this month is to help you enjoy the night as a couple and take part in a Winter Wonderland adventure. We are offering an epic prize this month, and we are so excited to share the details with you later in your date! You should have received an email from us in regards to your suggested dinner menu for this date. If you missed our email, head over to www.nightinboxes.com/recipes to view a complete suggested dinner and drink menu brought to you by MarinaMakes. We would love for you to share pictures of your date with us by using the hashtag #DateNightInBo x. We choose a new photo winner each month to receive th eir next date FREE! Congrats to last month’s winner Amanda Sharp. If you received this date as a gift and enjoy your night, we would love for you to join us again next month. Thanks to all of you for allowing us to help build memories with you and your significant other. Happy Holidays from The Night In Boxes Team!
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Set The Mood Take a moment to set the stage and get in the mood for your Date Night In. With your holiday decorations, we bet this won’t be difficult! Turn down the lights, grab your included holiday incense sticks and don’t forget to tune into your custom playlist to accompany your Winter Wonderland Date Night In. Cook Your Suggested Dinner Recipes Our friend Marina Makes has created an incredible complete menu for you to enjoy tonight (including a grocery shopping list to make things easy on you). It’s totally optional, but due to customer requests, we include it as an option. Who Am I? Continue your Date Night In with a lighthearted game of Who Am I? to take you through date night. Decorate Your Gingerbread Camper and Enter To Win An Airstream 2 Go Vacation! It’s time to get serious about your decorating skills, because a paid vacation is at stake! Get creative and then officially enter our contest. Wash Up and Do Good Grab your included “lumps of coal” soap. Get clean after all your decorating and find out how your purchase this month made a feel-good contribution. ENJOY YOUR HOT CHOCOLATE ON A SPOON Prepare and sip on your delicious DeBrand Hot Chocolate on a spoon. Winter Wonderland Would ’Ya Baby It’s Cold Outside! Play a game of this or that. Gift Time Create a powerful gift from the heart. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR NIGHT!
S ET THE M O O D Consider the space your date will be taking place in tonight. Gather some of your holiday dÊcor and take a moment to make a cozy space. Part of your date will take place in your kitchen or at a table, and the rest can be enjoyed from any comfortable spot in your home. Grab your included incense sticks and holder and transport yourself to a Winter Wonderland! Don’t forget to visit www.datenightinbox.com/music and hit play on your custom Winter Wonderland playlist
P RE PAR E Y O U R S U GGE S TE D D I N N E R R E CIP E This month’s Winter Wonderland dinner menu has been thoughtfully prepared for you by our friend and blogger Marina. You should have received an email from us in regards to your suggested dinner menu for tonight. If you missed our email head over to http://www.nightinboxes.com/recipes to view a complete dinner and drink Winter Wonderland menu! (This is totally optional, but due to customer feedback, we wanted to make it an option for all of you.) Complete dinner and drink menu brought to you by: MarinaMakes. https://marinamakesblog.com/ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/marinamakesblog/ Instagram handle: @marinamakesblog Tag your food photos with #marinamakeseats.
Wh o Am I? Game time! In your box, you will find two stickers. Claim yours, and without your partner sneaking a peek, write the name of a holiday character. Place the sticker on your partners back. Have your partner do the same thing to you. As you both make your way through your date, your goal is to figure out who each of you are. You are not allowed to ask any questions about who you are. Partners, give each other subtle clues as the night goes on. (ex: You can tell “Frosty the Snowman” to keep your scarf on or you’ll be cold. You bring cheer to the neighborhood children, and you have your own song.) Come up with a creative reward for whoever guesses their character first.
T im e To Ge t Yo u r Gi ng e r b r e a d O n a nd De c o r a t e ! So you might be wondering why we are going to have you decorate a Gingerbread Camper instead of your typical gingerbread house. This month, we are giving away an epic prize from our friends at AIRSTREAM 2 GO. Airstream 2 Go is the exclusive, factory-authorized source in North America to rent curren t model Airstream trailers, custom-matched to a dedicated Chevrolet Tahoe tow vehicle. The company provides ren tal customers with a premium vacation experience, turn-key in every element, including custom itinerary and activity planning. Up for grabs is a two-day 28’ International Airstream trailer vacation with a completely customized journey out west! Their signature series RV’s, designed by San Francisco architect & designer Christopher C. Deam, are what dreams are made of. With a value of over $2,760 dollars, this is not a chance to be missed!
How do I win? #1) Decorate your Gingerbread Camper with the included supplies, and any other materials you have at your home are fair game too. #2) Set the scene and take a picture. To win, you will need to include your date box in the picture and extra points go to creativity! #3) Time to share on social media (Facebook & Instagram)! You must use the hashtag #datenightinbox and mention us @datenightinbox and get your friends to like your post. Any extra love you can give us in your post to help spread the word about Date Night In is greatly appreciated. #4) The more likes your post and picture gets, the more times you will be entered to win our prize.
Nutrition Facts & Ingredients can be found on our website as well as official contest rules and regulations www.nightinboxes.com/camper
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Grab your soap “lumps of coal” and wash up from all that decorating! Over 4 billion people around the globe eat food cooked over an open fire. Open fires are harmful to their health and the environment. The smoke is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes per day. It is one of the leading causes of death of women and children in the developing world. What women need most is a stove! By partnering with The Adventure Project, your December box is helping to train women in Kenya and Tanzania to be come stove entrepreneurs. They will learn how to earn a living by making and selling life- saving charcoalefficient stoves to their neighbors. Each stove made drastically reduces toxic smoke, cooks food faster, and saves six trees from being cut down and turned into charcoal cooking fuel. To learn more about The Adventure Project visit them at www.theadventureproject.org. Or, head over to www. nightinboxes.com/adventureproject for some real stories of the lives you’ve helped touch.
HOT C H OC O LA T E O N A SPO ON TIM E With a spoon cleverly placed in each solid chocolate portion, each of the Original Hot DeBrand Fine Chocolates can be stirred into hot milk, water, or coffee to create a rich, creamy drink.
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Winter Wonderland W ou ld ‘Y a Pick a Would ‘Ya card and let the fun begin. From silly to serious, comic to complex, there’s never a dull moment.
FROM MEGAN, THE OWNER OF DATE NIGHT IN TEAM
Dear Date Night In Seekers, Last year I got a Christmas present from my husband Brian that touched my heart. It was completely unexpected, and completely wonderful. It was a gift that couldn’t be purchased fr om a store. It was a simple letter, with sentiments from his heart. In the time since he sent it, I’ve reread it three or four times. I don’t know if he intended this, but he reminded me of something important that I have a bad habit of losing sight of. So, for your date, in honor of my hu sband’s sweet message and in honor of what’s really important this holiday season, we have included two cards in this box for you to write a note to your significant other as a holiday gift. This gift is something you can’t get in a store, yet it will be the most tr easured of all. - Megan
Open your holiday card and end the night on a sentimental note. Find a moment during the holiday season to give this special message to your significant other and ENJOY!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR NIGHT! Till next month! – Date Night In Team
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